Abtificial bait



H. L: MEDLEY.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.18.I919.

Eatented Aug. 5, 1919.

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UNITED sums PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY L. MEDLEY, LOS ANGELES,. CAIILIFORNLA, ASSIGN'OB 0F ONE IHIRD TO HARRY G. HAMILTQH,OF*YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

ARTIFICIAL hair.

Specification of Letters Patent. 'jPatented Agug'. 5, 1919.

Applicationfild Eeb'ruary 1a, 1919. Serial inc. 277,366. x

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, HARRY L. MEDLEY, a

I citizen of the United States, and resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles',

State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artificial Bait, of which tion.

My invention relates termed-wiggle bait to the following is a specificaprimarily to what is 1 e used in deep sea fishing in trolling, and the object thereof is,

to provide bait of the above character which will. workbeneath the surfaceof the water and act in a natural and life-likemanner.

I- accomplish the above objects 'by the device described herein and illustrated in the accom anying. drawings forming a part hereo in which:

Figure 11 is a top p lan of mydevice.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1.

- of my .device.

In the drawings represents the body of my bait, which is shaped to represent the body of a small fish such asthe natural prey of deep. sea fish, and has provided inthe rear or tail portion thereof a substantially V-shaped notch 6, opening rearwardly.' Se-. cured upon the lowenn ost leg of said V shapednotch to. extend downwardly and rearwardly therefrom is my tail piece or member 7. Any sliitable material may be used in constructing myinvention although I preferwoo'd for the body member" and metal for the tail member. M tail member 7 comprises asubstantially at portion 8 provided with. apertures 9. therethrough by means of which it is attached in its position of use, nails 10 'or the like being driven therethrough' into the .member. screw eye 11' is passed through an aperture 12 in' said tail member and into the K member and provides means for attaching a flangeiorrim l which also outthe bait to a fish line 13. Extendin .downv-.

wardly from portion 8 of'tail mom 4 r 7 'Fig. 3 is, an enlarged detail of a portion wardly, as best shown in Fig. 3, which is of such shape and angularity that as the current strikes against the same the fish will be caused to wiggle and otherwise produce a lifelike representation of a fish swimming.

Pivotally secured to the underside of body member 5' of myd'evice are fis'i hooks 15 and 16 of the usual form.

In the'use of my device it' is first secured to the end of the fish line 13 by means of eye 11. It is then placed in the water and as the current flows past the same will impingef against the tail member and, impart a lifelike motion thereto ,as above described.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In an artificial bait the combination with a fish like body having a rearwardly opening V-shaped notch at the rear' end thereof, of a guiding plate having its medial portion secured to the lower leg of said V-shaped notch to extend parallel therewith with the edges of the guidin plate flared downwardly and outwardly eyond the sides of the ibodyyi and line attaching means extending from saidmedial portion.

2. In artificial bait the combination with" a fish like bod having a horizontally extending rearwa'r' lyopening v shaped notch in the rear end thereof, of a guiding,

plate having its medial portion secured upon the upper face of the lower leg of said notch to extend parallel therewith with and downwardly depending 

